The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-12-24
Send your best men to the.patisA
convention white Democrats and A0nt-
nate ticket that viii sweep the aSeN.
No Mans Land.

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A singular episode In our Natieaal
bistory 10 the application OF MO, =.
Chase to be admitted to Congreo %
The Territorial; Representative from No
Mau's Land. In the acts OF Ooo0eess
defining the Southern ,bouoderlee o.
Colorado and KaDsas, the NostheIa
boundary Of Texas, Wsatsfn os the
IudiaI Territory, and the EasterA&.Of
New Mexico, there wasa block Oteooe
576t square miles LETT Ia betwssa the
boundaries and not allotted TO any es
these States and Territories. laf 49,.
Up to two years ago few knew that
there was. such axplacs ~. No Maa's
Land, andkuobody cared. Bue ahoat
that time the tide Of Westward immt-
grafton began TO flow into that region.
One year ago 1t had about four aua-
dred inhabitants. Now II has toa thoa-
sand.
No Mans Land has .. .hpe climate,
fertile soil, 10 we'll watsred and has
valuable deposits OF coal. Almost al
OF It's S,07O, $40 acres ~ good 'iand,t aaG
good public land 10 becoming rather .
scarce commodity In the United States.
The 10000 people. who have settles
there are almost altogether Amerlcas
farmers and each man has picked out
100 acres Of land and "squatled" ap0n
1t. Not only IL there no o0vernmoot
for this territory, but even the United
States land laws do not apply to It.
The peopteahave churches aud school
houses, but they have no court aad
lawyers. - . y''' %
The Inhabitants about q year ago, BY
general consent, organized u sort OF
territorial council which made the few
aud simple regulations necessary "a
maintain peace and order. The peaos
ofYicers are paid by voluntary coDtrlbta-
ttons, the merchants putting up two
dollars each and the saloon.keepers
three dollars piece. Nobody 10 allow.
Cd to carry weaponsibut the marshal,
and deeds Of violence are" rare. Tive
classes OF criminals are severely dsslt
with. Horse thieves are shot down
aud land grabbers are punished BY
confiscatlon Of property. Every mnR
is allowed 10 take l60 acres OF land, but
II he tetnpts 10 grab more, "from him
shall be taken even that which he
hath"
The people Of No Mans Hand have
Renamed II Clmarr0n Territory, from
the river OF that name that dowi
through IT.. Their appeal for laws ane
government Is entitled to :.favorabl'
consideration, and Congress shonlt
give special recognition, TO thea
pioneers who, in maintaining goot
order under such exceptional ctFcum
stances, have shown tho highest trait
OF American citizenship.-N. u. CH,
Item.
The iuternecine gubernatoriai war
fare Is still going on with unabate.
} fierceness and the outlook now is tina
there is going to be two candidates I,
the race from the Democratic house
, hold. The vote as between the tw
prominent candidates, now before tb
people, as shown by reports from thos
= parishes which have elected delegate
t Is about as follows:
+ Thirty parishes, representing in th
aggregate l5S votes have already bee
; heard from. Out Of that number Go,
] McEuery has 10 uncontested delegat,
r and Gen. NichollslS4, the remaining
1 are contested and II IL that alone whi(
!. causes us tn make the assertion th
3 we do In regard TO there being to cane
g date. in the raceliroIn the Democrat
~ household. Such a state Of affairs
ie greatly to he deplored by all 20
,e Democrats because If such is the ca
es the party Will certainly go to peices
m Cdl3tceN Uatehma,t, OBJ.